... Subject: [Risus] A Request from Guy Hoyle Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:58:14 -0500 From: S. John Ross <sjohn@...> To: Risus Mailing List...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Jul 29, 2004 6:35 am
Thanks, S. John! For the record, it's OK to talk about this on the Risustalk mailing list, too (I'm forwarding this there, I hope that's OK, Chad!) ... Thanks!...
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Yragael
yragaelm
Jul 29, 2004 9:00 am
Where can I find anything about Glorantha. I do not know this world at all, but it does sound very interresting. Does it use the same rules as HeroQuest...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Jul 29, 2004 12:37 pm
... Hi Yra, I don't know anything about HeroQuest Slayers (could that be the RuneQuest Slayers that Avalon Hill came up with several years ago?). I'd like to...
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Yragael
yragaelm
Jul 29, 2004 3:33 pm
... ago?). I'd ... Yes you are right, it is RuneQuest Slayers that never made it to be published (I think). Any way it is now possible to download it, with a...
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Karl Paananen
karlpaananen
Jul 29, 2004 5:45 pm
Here's my $.02 about how I would adapt Glorantha to Risus. This is just how I would do it, I don't mean to say this is the only way. For starting human...
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risustalk@yahoogroups...
Aug 1, 2004 6:57 pm
Hi! This is the hopefully not-too-annoying monthly mailer for the Risustalk mailing list, where we prattle on about Risus: the Anything RPG, by S. John Ross (a...
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Bullock, Larry A
larry.bullock@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:15 pm
As an FYI for anyone reading my risus blog (why aren't you anyway?)... I've modified the site somewhat and moved any risus specific posts into the general blog...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 10:17 am
Going over old discussions, I came across the following: ... I guess I don't really understand the statement "But when the funky dice rules get added, your...
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yahootoad.z.mule@...
supermuletoad
Aug 10, 2004 5:05 pm
Just joined today, hope this hasn't been done before... ... True, but not on 5d30. And I think the point is that it continually gets harder, not that the odds...
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Karl Paananen
karlpaananen
Aug 10, 2004 5:35 pm
... Thanks for writing. I should have been clearer in my earlier post. To explain, imagine a character who has a cliche with a value of (1). If they use this...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 6:31 pm
If the 1-2-3 method is involved, it should probably apply to d6 as well, for the sake of consistency. Guy...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 6:33 pm
... I just sent an email suggesting the same thing. Looks like great minds think alike! Guy...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 7:38 pm
With the help of a friend I worked out the following probabilities: # dice sides # adventures it would take to advance 5 6 32 6 6 64 5 8 135 6 8 360 ...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 11:02 pm
OK so here are some very brief notes on Gloranthan character generation as I know it right now. It's not a polished writeup yet, more like a summary of my...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 10, 2004 11:17 pm
Re: Magical Cliches, I'm having second thoughts about the use of the cult titles. Wouldn't it make more sense to play a Grim Worshipper of Humakt (6), a...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 11, 2004 3:20 am
I forwarded the results of our recent "Funky Dice" discussions to S. John, and here was his reply. (Before you send him a reply, please read the last...
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Mike
rev_gunn
Aug 19, 2004 9:48 pm
Hello all, Now that I have some time to type it up.... Just an update on my new RP session with my twin step-sons. We played last friday night. Perry was...
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Bullock, Larry A
larry.bullock@...
Aug 20, 2004 11:42 am
Looks like you're having great fun! One possible way to speed up combat (I think this was discussed once on the other Risus list when it was more like this...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 21, 2004 2:39 am
It isn't designed spefically for Risus, but The D&D Melodramatic Artifact Generator @ penguinking.com http://www.penguinking.com/artifact.php has some obvious...
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Kenneth Coble
flintlock_laser
Aug 21, 2004 3:24 am
... <snip> In the same vein, here's a whole page of useful word generators. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/ I found this page via the Dying Earth RPG website,...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 21, 2004 4:37 am
... This is indeed a wonderful page, which I have used for years. The Verbal Kung Fu generator would be fantastic for an oriental; martial arts campaign. Guy ...
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Rob Barrett
maltesechang...
Aug 27, 2004 3:43 am
I'm putting together a pulp-themed Risus game, and I wanted to pick the list's brains for advice on which Advanced Rule Options help support the pulp feel. (A...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 27, 2004 4:22 am
... Sounds great! I think I have some Risus pulp cliches at my website, http://www.guyhoyle.net/risus/PulpCliches.htm , if that helps. ... I need to see that...
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Rob Barrett
maltesechang...
Aug 27, 2004 7:08 am
... Your page was one of the first places I looked, Guy! :) ... PHANTOM EMPIRE pits Radio Ranch's Gene Autry and his Junior Thunder Rider buddies against...
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inisliath
Aug 27, 2004 2:44 pm
I ran across an article on the web that S. John Ross wrote on writing solo adventures, but I seem to have lost the link. Has anyone else here seen it? Let me...
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Karl Paananen
karlpaananen
Aug 27, 2004 3:20 pm
... I tried working on this, but a cliche that included both "Lightning Gun" and "Greased Lightning" seemed awkward to me because of the repitition of the word...
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inisliath
Aug 27, 2004 8:21 pm
I took a risk and emailed the Great and Powerful S. John about my query, and he replied back *very* quickly and corrected a mistake on my part. It as in fact...
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Guy Hoyle
guyhoyle1
Aug 28, 2004 3:17 am
If you wanted him to be the "Fastest Gun In The West" with or without a lightning gun, then the Lightning Gun should simply be a tool of the trade. It allows...
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Robert Barrett
maltesechang...
Aug 28, 2004 7:31 am
... This is what I'm pondering--it's not like the Lightning Gun really lets Tommy Lightning do more than he could do with regular pistols. He just does...
